Hadleigh Nub News delves into the life of Hadleigh rector Hugh James Rose.

Rose was born on June 9 1765 in Little Horsted in Sussex. He was of ancient Scottish lineage, his grandfather, who fought on the Jacobite side at Culloden, being a cadet of the Roses of Kilravock.

He came from a long line of scholarly clergymen. His father, Archdeacon of Bedfordshire, was also Master of Uckfield School.

He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1817. During his time at university, he was the president of the Oxford Union known for debating, one of Britain's oldest unions.

Rose became deacon in 1818 and made a priest in 1819. The same year as gaining his priesthood, he married Anna Cuyler daughter of Captain Peter Mair of Hill House, Richmond, Yorkshire.

He accepted the rectory of Hadleigh in 1830 and later hosted the Hadleigh conference. This conference was a landmark in the early history of the Tractarian movement, also known as the Oxford Movement.

The Oxford Movement sought a renewal of Roman Catholicism, thought and practice within the Church of England in opposition to the Protestant tendencies of the church.

Out of this conference at his rectory in Hadleigh, came the Association of Friends of the Church, formed by Hurrell Froude and William Palmer.

Rose was described as being a firm yet mindful high-churchman, who wanted to rebuild of the ancient Anglican teachings and practices.

In 1832, he established the 'English Magazine and Monthly Register of Religious and Ecclesiastical Data,' of which he was the principal proofreader. He alsoassisted Archdeacon Lyall with editing the 'Theological Library.'

In the period of 1833–1834 Rose was professor of divinity at the University of Durham, until ill health forced him to resign.

He was later appointed Principal of King's College, London, in October 1836, but was attacked by influenza.

After two years of ill health he died in Florence, Italy, on 22 December 1838. He is buried in the English Cemetery, Florence, with his name in the register given as "Ugo Giacomo Rose".

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